# DARPA Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing ## Definition DARPA program builds advanced manufacturing capability for three-dimensional heterogeneous integration. The article identifies TIE as its Austin hub and distinguishes the program's planned facility from current operations. ## Regional role Microelectronics integration supplies compact physical capability, and large computational systems supply the resources for scientific and AI work. TIE’s manufacturing program and TACC’s systems occupy distinct institutional roles. Their proximity lets models, hardware, researchers, and mission recipients exchange useful work through defined projects and interfaces rather than an assumed unified program. ## Relationships - **center partner:** [[wiki/Texas Institute for Electronics|Texas Institute for Electronics]]. - **manufacturing objective:** [[wiki/Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Integration|Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Integration]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#Chips and Compute: The Third Placement|Austin defense-tech article — Chips and Compute: The Third Placement]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [DARPA — NGMM manufacturing program](https://www.darpa.mil/news/2023/next-generation-microelectronics-manufacturing) - [DARPA — TIE NGMM Center overview, December 2025](https://www.darpa.mil/sites/default/files/attachment/2025-12/mto-ngmm-summit-presentation-tie-ngmm-center-overview.pdf) - [UTSA Today, UTSA to Support New Microelectronics Manufacturing Center](https://news.utsa.edu/2024/09/utsa-to-support-new-microelectronics-manufacturing-center/) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Texas Institute for Electronics|Texas Institute for Electronics]], [[wiki/UTSA Microelectronics Workforce Training|UTSA Microelectronics Workforce Training]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.